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Sunday, January 8, 2017

Sarah Dillard Has TWO Mouse Scouts Books!

Mouse Scout Series
Including Mouse Scouts and Mouse Scouts Make a Difference
By Sarah Dillard
Hardcover Paper Books
ISBN: 978-0-385-756-3-7 and 978-0-385-75599-3
Published by Knopf
Fiction – Children




                                Lessons in Creativity and Doing Good!

Mouse Scouts Ideal Annual Gift for Kids


Reviewed by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, columnist and reviewer for MyShelf.Com and author of multi award-winning fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry,
and the HowToDoIt Series of books for writers

If you are not a grade school teacher, you may not have thought of using trash as a teaching tool. If you are not an artist with a penchant for collage or sculpture (or your name isn’t Bill Nye the Science Guy), you may not have thought about turning castoff straws into musical instruments, siphons, or hoses.

Violet, Tigerlily, and their scouting pals from Sarah Dillard’s Mouse Scouts are back in Mouse Scouts Make a Difference to help parents, kids, and teachers with fun new ideas for ways to make a difference in the world.

This second little book includes ideas for repurposing bottle caps, fast-food containers, water bottles, old mouse pads from Mom’s computer, and—if you’re a mouse—mousetraps used as rowing machines!

This is makes a lovely giftbook for children with parents who want their children to think creatively, compassionately, and universally.  It is also a book that may encourage parents and children everywhere to take scouting more seriously. In fact, make the two of them the beginnings of a Mouse Scouts library.



MORE ABOUT THE  REVIEWER
Carolyn Howard-Johnson is a mother, grandmother and former teacher.  She is the author of multi award-winning fiction and poetry and the HowToDoItFrugally Series of books—one series for writers and one for retailers. Learn more at http://HowToDoItFrugally.com or tweet with her @FrugalBookPromo



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2 comments:

  1. Thank you for the wonderful words about my Mouse Scout books! I just want to let you know that there are now THREE books! Mouse Scouts Camp Out came out in October! This time the Scouts hit the trail and learn a little about surviving the great outdoors!

    Thanks again!

    Sarah Dillard

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  2. Clever idea for a book. Kids need to be reminded that there is treasure in what looks like garbage. When I was a kid, I made things out of all sorts of cast-off items.

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